Art, Symbol & Imagination
O Zos, Thou Art Fallen
A tall pale body leans forward above smaller intertwined forms and low dark ground. Sparse shading isolates its bent head and extended arm against the blank upper field. The nearby caption addresses Zos and the incarnating ideas of women within Spare’s aphoristic narrative.
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Austin Osman Spare. "O Zos, Thou Art Fallen" [editorial title]. In The Focus of Life, Austin Osman Spare. Undated illustrated digital transcription of Austin Osman Spare’s 1921 text, The Focus of Life: The Mutterings of Aaos; three aphorisms and fourteen illustrations. Historical publisher preliminaries and the separate editorial introduction are not included. Supplied custom author cover., undated edition. Source scan leaf 4. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0004
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Austin Osman Spare. O Zos, Thou Art Fallen. The Focus of Life. Scan leaf 4. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0372-0004